Prince of Thorns: Broken Empire 1
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Prince of Thorns: Broken Empire 1
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Narrated by:
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Joe Jameson
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By:
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Mark Lawrence
About this listen
Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging.
Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse.
From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.
Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.
©2012 Mark Lawrence (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
‘Dark and relentless, Prince of Thorns will pull you under and drown you in story. A two in the morning page turner. Jaw-dropping’
Robin Hobb
‘This is a lean, cold knife-thrust of a novel, a revenge fantasy anchored on the compelling voice and savage purpose of its titular Prince. There is never a safe moment in Lawrence’s debut’
Robert Redick, author of The Red-Wolf Conspiracy
'Prince of Thorns got hold of me from page one and didn’t let go until I finished it on my second reading session on the second day. There’s humour here, gut-wrenching realism, high adventure, something that might be magic in the story, and certainly is in the telling of it. It was almost as if the shade of David Gemmell had returned, somewhat nastier for the experience. Thoroughly recommended. Thanks Mr Lawrence'
Neal Asher
'Prince of Thorns is one of this year’s most anticipated fantasy debuts; and now I know why! It's incredible'
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- Paul
- 08-01-2023
Cool concept but that kid is a prick
I definitely liked parts of it and I thought it was a very cool concept but that protagonist is impossible to like. I wanted to headbutt him throughout the book - and yeah you could argue that he needed to be but... yeah - headbutt.
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- Jeremy Fantastic
- 14-03-2024
Your mum
Great story telling. I’ve been looking for a fantasy series to take my fancy away from WoT. This has served nicely.
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- Jennifer
- 28-09-2018
A gory tale
Prepare for gore, magic and evil doings in this tale of revenge through intellectual strategy and might.
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- Miriam Verbeek
- 01-07-2020
A well-written but grizzly story
I kept hoping there would be some redeeming feature to our hero but it was an ongoing chamber of horrors. Steven king eat your heart out. If you are not bothered by homage to blood an gore and the basest instincts of man, this is your story. That aside, I have to complement the author on his skill in story telling . Well crafted and the narration is excellent.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-2018
ok
not to bad a listen. could of been better. not to sure about the narrator.
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- Robert
- 28-09-2023
Hated the main character
I struggled to get through this book because I wanted to punch the main character in the face.
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- stephanie joanne
- 22-09-2017
Brutal
Grimdark at its finest. Bloody brutal in every aspect, I cannot wait to finish the series!
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- Anthony Lever
- 04-01-2020
Not a story for everyone.
I don't think it's a bad story. It's just not for me.
The lead character that we experience the story through, is a (intentionally) horrible person, with no redeemable qualities. He is the product of his surroundings and upbringing, so it's understandable why he is the way he is, but it means that I as a reader could never connect with him, so I really struggled to get invested in this story.
My only gripe with the story itself is that I don't buy for a second that a 14 year old boy, who stopped being educated at age 10 would be as clever and literate as he is.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-06-2021
Amazing story and voice-over
The book is very immersive. I loved the diversity of the voice narration. Fantastic work from start to finish, definitely worth the time to read.
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- James
- 30-12-2019
narrator ruined an interesting story
have to bail narrator is so bad, the draw back of audio books, very disappointing
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